It's the most intense police series ever. Police POV captures what
it's really like to be a cop, with every wild moment caught on TASER'S
new AXON camera, from the officer's perspective. All the car chases,
drug busts, foot pursuits and struggles with hidden guns, just as the
cops see it. You'll never look at law enforcement the same way again

Type: Reality

Languages: English

Status: Ended

Runtime: 30 minutes

Premier: 2011-04-17

Police POV - 1967 Newark riots - Netflix

The 1967 Newark riots was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the
United States during the “Long Hot Summer of 1967”. This riot occurred
in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967.
Over the four days of rioting, looting, and property destruction, 26
people died and hundreds were injured.

Police POV - Background - Netflix

In the decades leading up to the riots, deindustrialization and
suburbanization were major contributors to changes in Newark's
demographics. White middle-class citizens left for other towns across
North Jersey, in one of the largest examples of white flight in the
country. Due to the legislation of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
1944, white veterans, who had just returned from fighting in World War
II, began to emigrate from Newark to the suburbs where there was
improved access to interstate highways, low-interest mortgages, and
colleges. The outflow suburban sprawl of white veterans from Newark was
rapidly replaced with an influx of blacks moving into the Central Ward;
the blacks, however, faced discrimination in jobs and housing,
ultimately making their lives exponentially more likely to fall into a
cycle of poverty. By 1967, Newark was one of the United States' first
majority-black cities, but was still controlled by white politicians.
Racial profiling, redlining, and lack of opportunity in education,
training, and jobs led the city's African-American residents to feel
powerless and disenfranchised. In particular, many felt they had been
largely excluded from meaningful political representation and often
subjected to police brutality. Unemployment and poverty were very high,
with the traditional manufacturing base of the city having been fully
eroded and withdrawn by 1967. Further fueling tensions was the decision
by the state of New Jersey to clear tenement buildings from a vast tract
of land in the Central Ward to build the new University of Medicine and
Dentistry. Thousands of low-income African American residents were
displaced at a time when housing in Newark was aging and subjected to
high tax rates. Many African Americans, especially younger community
leaders, felt they had remained largely disenfranchised in Newark,
despite massive changes in the city's demographic makeup. Mayor Hugh
Addonizio, to date the last white mayor of the city, took few steps to
adjust to the changes and provide African Americans with civil
leadership positions and better employment opportunities. Despite being
one of the first cities in the country to hire black police officers,
the department's demographics remained at odds with the city's
population, leading to poor relations between blacks and the police
department. Only 145 of the 1,322 police officers in the city were black
(11%), mirroring national demographics, while the city grew to be over
50% black. Black leaders were increasingly upset that the Newark Police
Department remained dominated by white officers, who would routinely
stop and question black youths with or without provocation.